Let's move things around

For some reason I was really tired last night and I went to bed around 8:30. Now that I think about it, though, I had turned off the TV to finish a book I was reading, and reading always seems to put me to sleep.  The book was good too. (Empire Falls)

 Some days (more often than not) I try to get a nap during the day. I didn't take one yesterday and I suspect my body wanted one. Anyhow, I knew going to bed that early would mean waking up early today but I'm okay with that.  My schedule is my own, after all.  Wasn't real thrilled with 4:40 a.m. but I did manage to stay in bed until around 5 a.m. or so.

I slept in the front bedroom where my computer is now as I wanted to sleep on the foam mattress I'd moved from my double bed onto the single in here.  When my back was hurting so bad a few days ago, I thought maybe I needed to use a firmer mattress.  I found, however, that I didn't sleep as well. I woke up with very sore shoulders and so the first thing I did this morning was pack the mattress back to my regular bedroom.

By this time, I was in a rearranging mood so after showering and dressing, I decided to switch out my computer.  Meaning I'm still connected to my laptop, but my larger flat screen monitor is now hooked to it too, along with my regular keyboard.

Sometimes I prefer a larger screen and I wanted to change the way I'm sitting so I'm forced to look upwards more and hopefully, remember to sit up straight. I also changed out my chair to one without wheels.  At least for now.  Knowing me, I'll switch back again.  My desk work area needed to be made more user friendly so I pushed my little red desk into place.  That poor ole desk has traveled with me for years. I bought it at a yard sale in Bellingham in the mid 60's.  I need Hunter to replace the casters for me one of these days.

The sun is shining and while I didn't think I would get in the mood for any outdoor chores in the dirt this year, I am thinking that I might want to get some flowers planted in the pots on the deck one of these days.  I also might plant some green beans in my two raised beds in the back yard. Seems a shame not to put something in that dirt and I can always sit on a stool to work out there.

Yesterday (as usual) I worked on Blankenship genealogy files.  I decided I wanted to add as much data as I could to each file folder I've made for various relatives. Mainly my grandpa's siblings right now.  I worked on Lizzie's file and did find a little bit on her children.  She had two boys and a girl.
Also had a step-daughter (Lilly) who ended up marrying Lizzie's brother, John.

Anyhow, I did a little research on Lizzie's kids and grandkids. One of my genealogy connections is Carisa in Bend, Ore whose husband is a great grandson of Lizzie. Thankfully, Carisa has a family tree on ancestry.com so I was able to get a lot of data from that.  Lizzie's kids were Chester, Ora, and Ray.  Chester had a girl and two boys; Ora didn't have any kids, and Ray had a son and daughter. All have died except for one son of Chester's -- Clay.  I found his Eugene High School yearbook online and put 2 pictures of him in my "Lizzie file."

 He was president of the E club and is posing here with the emblem of  the Axemen.

I roasted a pan of vegetables for dinner last night.  It was so good.  And I love how easy it is to fix. I'll have it again tonight with two biscuits I made.   Tomorrow I'll have Maggie (the other grandma's dog) overnight so they can go to the Tulip Festival and visit a casino afterwards.

I've got to get Hunter over here this week to cut the grass and spray the weeds near the curb.  Also need to have him fix my recliner. A large screw dropped out of the bottom and needs to be replaced before I break the dang thing altogether.

Saw this on YouTube this morning and it just cracked me up....




And here's the latest from my email box...so cute...

Saw this on Facebook this morning....